launching platform

Example Sentences

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At that point, it seemed as if West might be permanently decentering himself, or at least using his success primarily as a launching platform for others.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

One summer, I became obsessed with the idea of actually seeing the famed fireworks shoot skyward from their protected launching platform in a backstage industrial area.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2019

The NBC reality series is widely considered to be the true launching platform for Trump’s political career, but it also gave Manigault a long career as one of unscripted television’s most famous villains.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2016

The rocket crashed to earth 69 miles from the launching platform, knocking a hole in New Mexico, but the instrument capsule landed undamaged.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the naval manœuvres of July 1913 the Hermes, carrying two seaplanes, which were flown from its launching platform, operated with the fleet.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir